Tom Cole: “They've kept the government shut down.”

“Or we're not going to pay our air traffic controllers or our meat inspectors or our Capitol Police that they celebrate so constantly and rightfully so. I mean, come on, this is a totally manufactured crisis by Democrats. They've kept the government shut down. We finally, in the United States Senate, eight of pretty courageous people said, I'm not going to be part of this charade anymore. I'm going to vote to open the government.” (05:17–05:20)

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